Darren Young and his longtime tag team partner Titus O'Neil won the Tag Team Championships last night at WWE Money in the Bank 2015. Young openly discussed his sexuality in 2013 and received support from the company and his colleagues.
Now that The Prime Time Players stand tall atop WWE’s tag team division, what’s next for this “million dolla” duo?
Other wrestlers have since revealed their sexuality, including WWE's first Intercontinental champion and Hall of Famer
Pat Patterson, who revealed he was gay after hiding his sexuality for over 50 years. https://youtu.be/3rhBqUIDOO4
I find it amazing that these men are so happy for him and that they are so comfortable with their heterosexuality that they don't feel threatened by his sexuality at all. makes you wonder about all those homophobic guys out there....
Are ya'll going to drag him for being successful out of jealousy like you do other gays
But I'm so proud of Darren I'm glad the PTP reunited because without each other they would have been going nowhere
EDIT: Isn't Pat Patterson' WWE'S first openly gay wrestler?
Patterson came out in 2014.
Orlando Jordan who won the US Championship in 2005 also didn't come out as bisexual until he joined TNA (it was rumoured though). They scripted his sexuality into a gimmick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOTroOzIgYc
Chris Kanyon also came out, but he wasn't active with WWE.
), but he spoke really eloquently about that and should be applauded.